The main issue, according to the chief executive of the Nasdaq OMX Group, was a number of order cancellations that flowed in during the final stages of the initial public offering process.

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DealBook: Nasdaq Chief Says Glitches Weren’t at Fault for Facebook Stock Plunge

By betting big on property in a down market, and with the help of a donor network, the group is creating Habitat neighborhoods.

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Habitat for Humanity Tries Big-Scale Approach to Housing in Oregon

Anonymous ‘hacktivist’ Peter Fein comes out from the cyber shadows to explain what he believes the group is trying to achieve.

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VIDEO: Anonymous ‘hactivist’ unmasked

Dozens more phone-hacking claims against News Group Newspapers emerge, including by Wayne Rooney and Sir John Major’s ex-daughter-in-law Emma Noble.

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New phone-hacking claims emerge

Iraq war veteran Jake Wood started Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that brings military veterans together to help communities hit by natural disasters. Since 2010, the group has grown to 1,400 volunteers and carried out 14 missions around the world.

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Former Marine gives vets new mission

Apple Inc’s Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices.

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Apple Chief Visits Foxconn’s iPhone Plant in China

Britain’s biggest video game retailer, Game Group, goes into administration.

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Game Group enters administration

An uncharacteristic Iranian group has had a resurgent presence on Capitol Hill leaving some experts and academics wondering how the group’s quest has made it this far.

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The MEK in the USA: Inside the Campaign to De-List the Terror Group

At a gathering of the group Americans for Prosperity Forum on Saturday, Rick Santorum again accused Ron Paul of colluding with Mitt Romney in the Republican primary battle.

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Rick Santorum Vows to Wage a Long, Fierce Battle

Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group makes a loss of £3.5bn in 2011 after setting aside £3.2bn to cover PPI claims.

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Lloyds makes £3.5bn annual loss

At a meeting of the League’s foreign ministers on Sunday, the group called on Arab nations to sever diplomatic relations with Syria in an effort to pressure it to end the violence there.

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Arab League Requests U.N. Peacekeepers for Syria

Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines

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Ofcom wants Openreach price cut

He’s rising to the challenge of his rival, as the lyrics go — but Newt Gingrich might want to reconsider using the song “ Eye of the Tiger ”at rallies. A songwriter from the group Survivor has filed a lawsuit to prevent Gingrich from using the song for his entrance theme at rallies. Mitt Romney has also used the song at rallies, but he was not named in the suit. Read full article > >

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Newt Gingrich sued for using ‘Eye of the Tiger’

ON MAY 29, 2008, D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) met with representatives of a District business who were pressing their bid for the city’s lottery contract. Allegations have emerged, most recently in a report by D.C. Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby, that the council member offered to drop his opposition to the group’s bid if one of its members would agree to withdraw from a separate real estate deal with Metro, on whose board Mr. Graham sat. As this page reported Wednesday , Mr. Graham flatly denied that he ever made such an offer. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: E-mails renew questions about Jim Graham’s role in lottery contract

A series of bombings by Nigerian Islamist militants Boko Haram kills about 150 people in the city of Kano, in the group’s deadliest attack to date.

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Scores dead after Nigerian blasts